Lancaster Country Day School
| Lancaster Country Day School | |
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Type | Private, secular, coeducational college prep school |
| Motto | '"Fax mentis et cordis incendium gloriae." (The spark that kindles the mind and heart illuminates a lifetime.) |
| Established | 1908 |
| Head of School | Steven D. Lisk |
| Enrollment | 625 (PK-12) |
| Average class size | 14 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 26 acres |
| Color(s) |
Maroon Gray |
| Athletics | Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Website | http://lancastercountryday.org/ |
Lancaster Country Day School (LCDS) is a private, secular, coeducational college preparatory school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves 625 students in preschool through twelfth grade. All grades are housed under one roof.
The school was founded in 1908 as a girls' school known as The Shippen School for Girls, the result of a merger between Lancaster College and Miss Stahr's School. In 1943, with the closing of nearby Franklin and Marshall Academy for Boys, the Shippen School changed its charter to become coeducational and adopted its current name. In 1949, it moved to its present location on Hamilton Road.
LCDS' class size averages 14 students. The LCDS lower school program (preschool through fifth grade) includes skill-based grouping for math and reading instruction, and emphasizes art, music and physical education in parallel with academics. Spanish language instruction begins in preschool. In the middle school (grades six to eight),French is offered, and students are encouraged to participate in the fine and performing arts programs. In the upper school, Advanced Placement courses are offered in 11 subjects, and the foreign languages taught are French, Latin, Chinese, and Spanish. The school reports a 100% acceptance rate to four-year colleges/universities by its graduating seniors.
The school provides iPads to students from eighth to twelfth grade. The school retains the ability to view all information on every iPad and to remotely disable certain features. Eighth graders receive iPads without access to the App Store and with limited Safari functionality.
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